Bird AlbumUnited States · Michigan
Lake Erie Metropark
268 species and 182,402 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus124 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 268 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pte. Mouillee SGA6 km298 species
- Holiday Beach CA13 km279 species
- Belle Isle35 km255 species
- Maumee Bay SP – Boardwalk45 km249 species
- Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area47 km282 species
- Howard Marsh Metropark48 km255 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Erie Metropark?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Erie Metropark?
268 species, from 182,402 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Erie Metropark in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Goose, American Robin and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.